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Nancy Pelosi: “I, therefore, call upon our colleagues to once again reject this attempt on the part of the Republican majority to…”

On the recordSeptember 10, 1997
I, therefore, call upon our colleagues to once again reject this attempt on the part of the Republican majority to continue its assault on American workers by hiding behind their children. Every day that I serve in this House I will say that we can talk all we want about the well-being of our children and their education, but the economic security of their families is absolutely essential to that. The Hayworth amendment undercuts that economic security. I urge our colleagues to vote no.
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Nancy Pelosi
Democratic · California

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Addressing the impact of the Hayworth amendment on American workers and their families.

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